What working together to save the ozone layer tells us about climate action today
Cora Young was eight years old when she learned in class that polystyrene foam, the clamshell packaging for some fast-food hamburgers, was one of the products containing chemicals responsible for eating away at the Earth's ozone layer.
"I went home and told my parents we were no longer allowed to eat at fast food restaurants," said Young.
It was 1989, just two years after an international agreement called the Montreal Protocol was signed, and there was growing awareness of the dangers some products posed to the ozone layer, compromising its ability to shield us from cancer-causing UV radiation.
You might also be interested in
Global Dialogue on Border Carbon Adjustments: The case of Brazil
This report consolidates, analyzes, and presents the views and perspectives of stakeholders from Brazil on border carbon adjustment (BCA) schemes to contribute to the global debate on BCA good practices.
Border Carbon Adjustments: Trinidad and Tobago country report
This report consolidates, analyzes, and presents views and perspectives of stakeholders from Trinidad and Tobago on border carbon adjustment (BCA) schemes to contribute to the global debate on BCA good practices.
A Balancing Act
With Nigeria's growing population in need of wide-ranging solutions to the multidimensional poverty it faces, a new IISD report outlines how the LNG dash could ultimately leave the economy more vulnerable to external shocks and without a solid domestic foundation.
Rethinking Investment Treaties
International investment treaties and their investor–state dispute settlement (ISDS) system are facing growing scrutiny. But what would an alternative system—one fit for the challenges of the 21st century—look like?